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As the share of graduates in the UK workforce has expanded over the past 25 years, the wage premium they command has fallen.

Female STEM PhD students are 21% less likely than their male counterparts to have received mentorship from top inventor advisors.

Yasheng Huang's wry dedication — “to the autocrats of the world. They give us so much to write about” — says it all.

"If AI brings a dystopian future, it will be because we failed to grasp how this technology could be developed and used."

"While $9 million may not seem like a high cost for a $7 billion-asset bank, this fine is still encouraging to see. "

"CEOs are not randomly allocated to firms and their turnover is likely to be correlated with other changes that affect productivity."

Geeky companies tend to be top performers when compared to more rigid or less inspired companies. Culture matters.

Income distribution programs, like those created during Lula's first presidential term, fulfilled their role, but are no longer sufficient.

"Decision-makers need a safe environment in which to test their policy ideas, before making big decisions that impact us all."

Programs designed to stimulate “one-in-a-thousand ideas, much less one-in-a-million ideas” are all but immune to cost-benefit analysis.